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Thursday, 21 January 2016

maybe red is my new neutral

If you have stopped by occasionally, you will know that I love scrap quilts. I love making them, love gifting them, and I really love sleeping under them too! Over the last few days I've been trying to make a few decisions about my latest quilt, for which I used a focus fabric plus scrappy fabric stash, and was inspired by Sujata's 'Organised Chaos' quilt. {see here for earlier details}

These really are hexagon blocks with a difference, quite addictive, and lots of fun!

After making 20 blocks
I spread them all out on the floor and looked at them {and walked around them!} for a few days

I needed to make a decision about filling in those corner triangles

I trialled a few options first

First up - low volume creams & whites, which really emphasised the lovely secondary circles,
but very traditional, and to be honest, something I've done before!

Next up - assorted blending colours, very colourful, but oh my goodness, very chaotic!

and then...

h-m-m-m- I think maybe red really is my new neutral colour!
So the big question now is
... do I?
... or don't I?

Actually, the gray carpet color would be a good modern-y choice for the corners . . . but I like the pop of the red, too. I've made one kaleidoscope quilt. It was paper-pieced and the paper was a real pain to remove. I think a specialty ruler would make the job a lot easier, should I ever make another.

Ha-ha, my daughter loved the ‘carpet look’ too! I’m still trialling options, at the moment I’m lovin’ a soft plaid.And yes, it was so easy with the ruler, worth investing in one! I’m sure there are other uses for it too, just haven’t worked out what yet!

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Hi I'm Linda, and I live in Auckland, New Zealand. I am a mother of two grown up children & granny to three now! I've been making quilts on & off for a few years, I particularly enjoy making colourful scrappy quilts. I am sharing bits and bobs of my quilty journey here.